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 Party like it's 1999, a 27-year drought for Alabama baseball.

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 And nobody covers that league better than Adam Spencer.

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 Adam, welcome in.

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 I'm doing great, guys.

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 Almost as well as the SEC.

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 If Oklahoma takes care of business as scripted, five of eight.

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 If he had just had a gambling problem and he was only betting on MLB and NFL and stuff and had never placed a bet on college football, that's one thing where maybe banning him for life isn't a necessary step.

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 How are you going to tell, you know, Johnny Smith from Oregon or Alabama, Auburn, you name Missouri, maybe not Missouri, okay, Adam, but how are you going to tell them if they commit the apples-to-apples same situation, how are you going to tell them if they can't do it either?

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 Adam Spencer predicting the playoff teams, number 12, Boise State, 11, Michigan, 10, Alabama, 9, LSU, 8, Indiana, and Texas Tech.

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 Number 6, the Georgia Bulldogs, and I think everybody knew they would be there somewhere between 4 and 7.

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 What's going to happen on Selection Sunday if Texas Tech goes through that, like, knife and a hot knife and butter and vice versa?

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 All sorts of great stuff, football, basketball, baseball.

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 I think it's baseball down south, too.

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 Adam, listen, man, thanks so much.

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 Stay safe out there, and let's do it again soon, okay?

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 Sounds good, guys.

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 Thanks for having me.

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 Thank you so much.

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 He has Alabama covered like the rain in Tuscaloosa.

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 Andrew Bone, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Good afternoon, guys.

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 How's it going?

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 You know, rainy days and Mondays may have gotten the Carpenters down, but it hasn't gotten its

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 Alabama baseball team down, has it, Andrew?

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 Man, that's exciting.

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 You know, 27 years later, Alabama's headed to the World Series.

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 I mean, that was certainly exciting.

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 I guess the two best teams in the state of Alabama are heading to the World Series.

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 And Alabama, I mean, it is definitely unique to, you know, I know Auburn certainly was hoping to be there,

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 but it is very unique to see, you know, not only Alabama, but Troy making good to the College World Series.

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 You know, that's exciting for the state of Alabama.

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 And, of course, they're close to having three, I guess.

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 But, yeah, I mean, great.

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 That grand slam, I mean, that was a sight to behold last night.

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 And, you know, I think that, obviously, the pitching performance from Tyler Faye, you know, a couple nights ago was outstanding.

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 So, you know, they played great and, you know, excited to kind of see what they're going to be able to do in Omaha.

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 You know, of course, Justin LeBron, he's the face of the program, but they did it basically apart from him, which says a lot.

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 It also says something about kids, in this case baseball, but other sports, calming and staying.

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 If you do the right thing, sometimes you'll get the reward of going, playing for a championship and then go collect the big checks with the pros.

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 Your thoughts about that, and I've always said one of the craziest celebrations in any sport in baseball, probably more so than others,

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 piling on at the end of the game.

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 You know how many people get injured in that?

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 Can you imagine?

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 Your key pitcher gets hurt in that celebration.

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 Kids are going to get caught up in the moment.

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 I get it.

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 But your thoughts just about the vibe, 27 years of frustration pent up, and now a chance.

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 And let's face it, at this point, you've got just as much chance as the other seven teams going to Omaha to win it all.

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 Yeah, I mean, obviously, they got hot at the right time.

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 I mean, they were hot during the middle of the season.

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 You know, things kind of fluttered there for a second.

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 But, you know, they played great when the time was needed.

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 And, you know, there's a lot of, you know, a lot of excitement around the program.

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 I mean, we saw the fans that were, you know, packed inside the show this weekend.

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 I mean, it sort of rejuvenated, you know, the program overall.

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 So that's really exciting.

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 especially when I've got so many people that are watching and, you know,

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 going to support the baseball program, you know, in the upcoming years.

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 Andrew, I was amazed looking at the crowd today.

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 It looked like it was similar to the crowd yesterday.

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 They had a record crowd, obviously, Saturday night.

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 Well, they were still there.

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 Yeah, they spent the night.

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 Everybody called in sick.

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 It's Monday-itis.

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 Exactly.

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 That's pretty good.

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 Listen, Alabama's already had a big, big day.

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 Will it get even bigger with the verbal commitment of Ty Phillips,

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 a running back from Columbia, South Carolina, later today?

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 Yeah, I think so.

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 We've liked where Alabama stood with him.

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 You know, even before official business began a few weeks ago,

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 I think we've mentioned on Bama Online really since April

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 that Alabama was in a really good spot with Phillips, as a pivot.

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 in South Carolina, and that's one of the top programs in the state.

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 We certainly look forward to kind of seeing what he's able to do this upcoming season.

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 Yeah, he's a fast kid.

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 preferably before the season started.

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 who they recruited since last summer.

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 I think they were both offered within a week of each other last summer.

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 And Alabama, for the most part, when juniors, guys who are going into their junior season,

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 they're closely monitored.

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 I mean, the offer happens, but you're still evaluating as juniors.

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 You're awaiting more and more running backs throughout the season and all that stuff.

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 So, Ty Phillips remained, along with Newkirk, as one of their top running back targets throughout the year.

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 And now they're on the verge of adding Phillips to the class.

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 So, like where things stand, and I think Alabama's running back class will be complete.

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 Today.

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 Andrew, I'm looking at the rankings here, and you know a lot of Alabama fans are,

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 and that's why they're saying they have a question here right now.

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 Okay, right now.

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 And it's all relative to the number of commitments and how many three-stars relative to the other guys you get.

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 Alabama is 33rd.

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 And to put that in perspective, some of the teams ranked ahead of them,

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 Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Missouri, Minnesota, Louisville, Kentucky,

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 these are teams ranked ahead right now.

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 Auburn is 13th.

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 What message can you send Alabama fans sitting at 33rd right now?

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 Well, it's certainly different.

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 I mean, you don't see that too often.

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 I think the biggest thing with Alabama this cycle, which for people who are subscribers on Bama Online,

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 they have been reading our stuff really since January, that this was going to be a small class,

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 that they were not going to sign 20-plus recruits this cycle.

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 We felt like next year or this upcoming season after the year, they signed a lot of talent over the last couple of seasons or the last couple of cycles that they really love.

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 These are guys that they're wanting to keep for the long haul.

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 So after the season's over, roster retention is going to really be a big focus for them, a lot of commitment financially.

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 This is really kind of a money game now more than anything else.

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 It's not a numbers game.

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 You're trying to budget and make sure that your star players are getting paid and you are developing guys for the future.

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 They needed to really replace several players.

447
00:28:36,300 --> 00:28:41,480
 So they ended up adding, I think it was 21 players from the transfer portal,

448
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:47,340
 where you're probably going to see, because of all the guys that are expected to return after this season,

449
00:28:48,180 --> 00:28:53,780
 Alabama really kind of limit how many guys that they're going to go after in the transfer portal.

450
00:28:54,000 --> 00:29:00,160
 The cycle guys that they really feel like they can spend money on to add key positions.

451
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:05,960
 So last year, they really kind of had to spread that wealth out to 20-plus guys.

452
00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,600
 So that was a little bit of a challenge that they made work.

453
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,540
 But this year, they can do it a little bit differently.

454
00:29:11,540 --> 00:29:17,960
 So, yeah, I mean, high school recruiting, you're probably not going to see a top-10 class at Alabama,

455
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,920
 for the first time in almost 20 years, which is hard to believe.

456
00:29:23,260 --> 00:29:26,720
 But a lot of that also has to deal with the numbers.

457
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,040
 I think I was looking at it the other day.

458
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 There's one team over the last, I think, seven or eight years who've finished in the top 10

459
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 that had less than 20 signees.

460
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 So I think that was Oregon.

461
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:51,140
 But I think that this is a year where they're going to sign probably, I would say, 12 to 13 players

462
00:29:51,140 --> 00:29:55,120
 that they really kind of invested in, that they push for.

463
00:29:55,240 --> 00:30:02,100
 And then probably add a few more guys that, you know, scholarship-only type guys that they really don't have to pay

464
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 a heavy amount for and try to develop them.

465
00:30:05,380 --> 00:30:12,000
 Because what we've really seen this cycle is there's a lot of guys, especially at the top,

466
00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:16,880
 five-star, top 100-type players, that when you're ranking players in high school,

467
00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:21,400
 it is about what they are going to do over the next four years.

468
00:30:21,460 --> 00:30:22,480
 Where are they going to be in four years?

469
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:23,940
 Are they going to be a first-round draft pick?

470
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,960
 Are they going to be, you know, a star player?

471
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:33,180
 Not necessarily right off the bat, but a lot of these guys that are developmental guys

472
00:30:33,180 --> 00:30:39,100
 are still getting the $900 to $1.5 million offers.

473
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:46,140
 I know a lot of that sometimes, especially from the schools that aren't getting a lot of star players,

474
00:30:46,780 --> 00:30:50,860
 they're seeing it as a five-star talent who can really help their future here.

475
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:57,520
 You know, down the road, whereas a program like Alabama or Georgia, they might be looking at it as,

476
00:30:58,180 --> 00:31:04,780
 I don't know if we're going to pay $1.5 million, $1 million to a kid that he's not even going to see the field

477
00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:10,380
 until his sophomore year, and this is going to be $1.5 million just to sit on the sideline for a year,

478
00:31:10,420 --> 00:31:13,780
 and then you've got to renegotiate by the time before they're a sophomore.

479
00:31:14,140 --> 00:31:16,840
 So, and I think that Alabama is okay with that.

480
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:21,240
 They know that fans are probably going to be a little bit disappointed that it's not a top-ten class,

481
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,360
 but they're not signing five-star after five-star in this cycle,

482
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:29,880
 but they are really focused on trying to get the players that they want at the top

483
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:31,660
 and then kind of filling out the rest of the class.

484
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,180
 So they've still got some big names that they want to add.

485
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:39,720
 They added two guys this weekend, Ty Phillips, and potentially one today with Ty Phillips,

486
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,560
 who they've, like I said, he's a three-star kid,

487
00:31:42,620 --> 00:31:48,820
 but he's a kid that was offered over a year ago, almost a year ago, by Alabama and heavily pursued.

488
00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:55,140
 So they wouldn't really worry too much about the rankings as long as they're getting players that they really want

489
00:31:55,140 --> 00:31:58,420
 and feel like they can make an impact here in the future in Tuscaloosa.

490
00:31:58,660 --> 00:32:01,140
 Yeah, this is going to be quality instead of quantity.

491
00:32:01,340 --> 00:32:09,340
 Michael M. Buffet is one from St. Francis, a school that's been a pipeline for Alabama and Auburn the last couple of years.

492
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:16,700
 Three-star tight end, 6'5", 250, and Luke Cody, a top-ten kicker that they added also.

493
00:32:17,380 --> 00:32:19,720
 Andrew, great stuff as always.

494
00:32:19,940 --> 00:32:27,640
 I know a lot of our listeners are going to be looking this afternoon for a, as far as the commitment from Ty Phillips.

495
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:34,640
 But where can we get online and get all the great stuff today in the remainder of the week and also buy your book?

496
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,720
 Yeah, come check us out, BamaOnline.com.

497
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 We have a 50% off sale for annual subscribers.

498
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 So go check that out.

499
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 Get you all the way until next official visit season.

500
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,840
 So I think everyone will enjoy it.

501
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:53,600
 And if you need a copy of it, you need a new book this summer, if you haven't picked up mine yet.

502
00:32:53,860 --> 00:32:59,420
 The Road to Bama, incredible twists and improbable turns along the Crimson Tide recruiting trail

503
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 that can be purchased at Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, Amazon.

504
00:33:04,060 --> 00:33:09,160
 I don't know if there's other places to buy books, but that's all I really have ever mentioned.

505
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 So those are some good spots to find one of those copies.

506
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:19,100
 So that's it, but come check us out at BamaOnline, where we're going to have a lot of content coming out over the next several days

507
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 from official visits, camps, and a lot of upcoming decisions on the recruiting trail.

508
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 Including the road out of Bama to Omaha for the baseball team.

509
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,380
 Andrew, listen, man, thanks so much.

510
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:30,420
 Have a great week, okay?

511
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:31,280
 You too.

512
00:33:31,340 --> 00:33:31,660
 Thank you.

513
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 Thank you, bud.

514
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 Andrew Bone, BamaOnline, part of the On3.com family.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 Happy Monday to you.

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 How are you?

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 I am doing great, guys.

622
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 Good to hear from you all.

623
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 You too, Brian.

624
00:39:39,260 --> 00:39:43,780
 Listen, obviously, I tell you what, I don't think the weekend could have started better

625
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 for the Auburn baseball program.

626
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 Great fan support.

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 The weather was cooperating after a week from, you know, where the previous weekend.

628
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 It started well, but didn't end well.

629
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:58,400
 Brian, where do you start breaking down Auburn and Ole Miss and the Super Regionals?

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 Well, I'll start where you started, and I thought the job that Auburn did, you know,

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 filling up Pleasant Park was incredible.

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 Set a new, set several new records, game after game after game.

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 But I think the final one was 10,639 for Saturday's Super Regionals.

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 So, really impressive support there by the fan group.

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 But I just think Ole Miss had the big swings and the big pitches and the big moments.

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 That's a big difference.

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 And a lot of their big hits and big plays came from seniors.

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 Our guys that have been in program three, four, five years.

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 You know, Furnace had a couple big swings.

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 Chad Ruder had a big, or the Ruder kid had a big swing.

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 So, they just did a great job.

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 Ruder Mark had two or three big hits.

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 So, I just thought that their experience made a difference.

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 I don't know if I'm an experienced beast talent all the time, but they're talented, too.

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 So, they earned it.

646
00:41:00,580 --> 00:41:08,480
 Auburn's gone 0-4 and Super Regionals last two years and lost those games by a total of eight runs.

647
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 So, they've all been really close, really tight.

648
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 And just a few things have gone the wrong way as far as Auburn's concerned.

649
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 You bring up a good point, Brian, because, let's face it, these guys that's been upperclassmen,

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 there's a big difference between a 22-year-old and a 17-, 18-year-old.

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 Because a lot of those freshmen, they're talented, but last year, they were playing in places,

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 in all due respect, like Op and A-Rab, and they're not used to going on the road in a hostile environment.

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 We sit with the major leagues.

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 Sometimes, they play better on the road than they do at home.

655
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 And I thought this morning, to validate that, I was listening to the interview from Alabama's Justin LeBrun.

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 He said he obviously had options to leave.

657
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 He stayed.

658
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:49,200
 Some of the other guys, like you just mentioned there for Ole Miss, they came through when the chips were on the table.

659
00:41:49,660 --> 00:41:54,880
 To me, there's a message, this is baseball, but it's the same for football or any other sport.

660
00:41:55,220 --> 00:41:57,740
 You cannot replace experience and maturity.

661
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:03,420
 Like I said, there's a big jump in maturity between, especially guys, 22 and, say, 18, 19 years old.

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 Yeah, and a lot of it comes down to a guy like Judd Ugramark has probably seen 600 or so big SEC pitches.

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 That's what he did several times.

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669
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:48,880
 So, but I think those are all things that improve with experience and with time.

670
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:57,940
 And we'll see, because I think Auburn next year is going to have a very experienced team, a very veteran lineup, and guys that have been through it.

671
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:07,700
 And guys you would hope that come into the year with a chip on their shoulder, having performed, you know, not as well as they would have liked to, and then do straight home super regionals.

672
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:09,240
 That's what I noticed.

673
00:43:09,240 --> 00:43:09,260
 That's what I noticed.

674
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,000
 Stoneman's got the clutch hits.

675
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:12,760
 Let me give you some numbers.

676
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,960
 You probably know these.

677
00:43:14,660 --> 00:43:20,780
 In the two games against Stoneman's, Auburn was 3 of 19 with runners in scoring position.

678
00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:27,220
 I always look at the box score when I look at a Braves game, and that's the first thing I look for.

679
00:43:27,340 --> 00:43:29,580
 They left 17 runners on base.

680
00:43:30,260 --> 00:43:31,840
 And you mentioned pitching.

681
00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:35,520
 I think Auburn had one of the most underrated staffs in the SEC.

682
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:49,260
 It was the 11th time this season that Auburn lost a game allowing five runs or less, and it was the 19th game this season when the offense scored three or fewer runs.

683
00:43:49,500 --> 00:43:51,980
 Yeah, and that's been the Achilles all year.

684
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,380
 Auburn's had a great pitching staff and really consistent.

685
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:59,720
 Had really six guys pitching as well as anybody in the country and in the league.

686
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:05,360
 And, you know, they provided good enough pitching, you know, in the super regional.

687
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:12,800
 Obviously, they gave maybe a little bit more than usual, but still plenty of opportunities there for Auburn to have some big swigs.

688
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:16,660
 And it knocked some runners in and scored some runs.

689
00:44:16,860 --> 00:44:20,740
 I can go back to, I think it was Ethan Bigman.

690
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:28,380
 It was late in Saturday's game, and he nails one to center field, or the center field takes a mid-step, but still managed to get back and catch it.

691
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:29,360
 Snow cones it, right?

692
00:44:29,420 --> 00:44:33,640
 It's hanging out at the top of his glove, you know, one inch or two the other way.

693
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,920
 And that's a big hit, and you're scoring runs, and you're off to the races.

694
00:44:37,220 --> 00:44:40,000
 So that's how quickly things can change.

695
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:46,760
 And, you know, sometimes, you know, even if the teams are easily matched, the balls don't drop for you, and they do for the other teams.

696
00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:50,500
 Brian Matthews, senior editor, AuburnSports.com.

697
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:56,600
 Switching gears, a little brighter note for Auburn, especially on the recruiting trail when it comes to football.

698
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,680
 Brian, I'm looking at one of the services here.

699
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:03,120
 And they've got Auburn 13th in the entire country.

700
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,900
 By comparison, Alabama is 33rd.

701
00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:10,120
 Your thoughts about this class, as the Beatles would say, coming together right now.

702
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,900
 It is, and just quickly, I wouldn't get too caught up in Alabama being where they are.

703
00:45:15,100 --> 00:45:19,980
 You know, it just matters a lot of times how many commitments you have at this time of year, right?

704
00:45:20,060 --> 00:45:25,960
 Once everybody gets up around 14 or 15-plus, and you can start comparing them more fair.

705
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,880
 But Auburn has been on a roll lately.

706
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,720
 They are up to 15 commitments.

707
00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:38,040
 And they got a really, another nice one just today after an official visit over the past weekend from Reed Ramsey.

708
00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:43,380
 I don't know exactly where he's ranked, but he's one of the top interior offensive linemen from Orlando, Florida.

709
00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:44,600
 Four-star.

710
00:45:45,380 --> 00:45:47,800
 I mean, you just look at Auburn's top commitments in the class.

711
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:49,940
 A lot of them are offensive linemen and running backs.

712
00:45:49,940 --> 00:45:58,240
 And you can just see, you know, since Alex Goers was hired, that he is really putting an emphasis on that part of Auburn's offense.

713
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,120
 And this team is going to really, in a lot of ways, get back to Auburn football, right?

714
00:46:03,180 --> 00:46:05,080
 Running the ball and play action.

715
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,160
 Of course, you've got that dual-fright quarterback, too, and Byron Brown.

716
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:13,660
 So you can just see sort of a return to some of the things that have been really successful for Auburn offensively.

717
00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:26,560
 Yeah, they have, in the last, I think, week, landed four-star linebacker Isaac McNeil from Viger, one of the best linebackers in the state.

718
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:29,340
 Three-star Aiden Wiggins from South Carolina.

719
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:34,500
 And also, running back, another running back, Kingston Miles.

720
00:46:35,060 --> 00:46:39,980
 I'll tell you one thing, Auburn's going to have quite a running back room if all these guys stay for 20-27.

721
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,860
 But, yeah, those are three impressive pickups.

722
00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:48,460
 Yeah, and now they've got two really big running backs.

723
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:52,920
 My son Johnson Cook is over six foot, over 220 pounds.

724
00:46:53,420 --> 00:46:57,880
 Kingston, who they just got the commitment from, is six foot plus, over 200 pounds.

725
00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,340
 Got a bunch of big offensive linemen.

726
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:04,120
 Of course, they're getting really talented linebackers.

727
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:08,660
 I think D.J. Durkin is a great coordinator, a great linebacker, coach, and a great recruiter.

728
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:12,560
 It all adds up to them recruiting and coaching up some really good players.

729
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:16,720
 I think Auburn's linebacker group is maybe the strength of this team.

730
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:21,100
 They're going to be one of the best positions overall in the SEC this year.

731
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:28,240
 So, I'm just, I think there's room, a reason for excitement for where this football team is going.

732
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:32,640
 Although, I would caution that, you know, you're talking about 60 newcomers.

733
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,260
 You're talking about a program that's gone through five consecutive losing seasons.

734
00:47:37,060 --> 00:47:44,700
 And they just need to get out of that, you know, low point and get those seven wins and see if they can go from there and see if they can't.

735
00:47:45,240 --> 00:47:46,480
 You know, maybe one or two more.

736
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:51,560
 But I think, you know, set your expectations to a medium and just see what happens.

737
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,700
 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

738
00:47:54,740 --> 00:47:59,560
 Brian, before we jump off, it's not Auburn, it's not Alabama, it's college football and common sense.

739
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:01,840
 Your thoughts about the news out of Texas today.

740
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:08,520
 The Texas judge says, Texas Tech quarterback, okay, you made a mistake, but it could affect your mental health.

741
00:48:08,580 --> 00:48:13,460
 So, we're just going to give you a pass on you saying you bet on a game, but you can come back and play.

742
00:48:13,540 --> 00:48:17,540
 Maybe we'll suspend you against maybe Texas State and maybe El Dorado U.

743
00:48:17,620 --> 00:48:19,680
 Your thoughts about the news out of Texas today.

744
00:48:20,820 --> 00:48:22,420
 I mean, it's pretty wild.

745
00:48:23,580 --> 00:48:33,360
 And I think it's really brought a really strong reaction from a lot of corners of college football and college sports in general.

746
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:37,040
 So, I just think, and I think we're really sports in general.

747
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:45,280
 I think anybody understands that if you bet on your own team, that could end your career in whatever sport we're talking about, right?

748
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:52,460
 So, and I guess two games, you know, and of course this is probably going to be appealed and, you know, it's not done yet.

749
00:48:52,460 --> 00:48:57,060
 But very interesting ruling there.

750
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,360
 I think it's going to cause a pushback.

751
00:48:59,540 --> 00:49:13,160
 I think it's going to have people more in favor of having some kind of reform and maybe pushing this team, this whole thing toward more to probably sitting down and doing some collective bargaining.

752
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:17,300
 I still don't think it's going to be enough to get any kind of legislation passed.

753
00:49:17,300 --> 00:49:21,800
 I just think that's been a quagmire and will continue to be for many, many different reasons.

754
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:28,400
 But that opportunity now to get it done and maybe there'll be more of a push to sit down and work this out between the players

755
00:49:28,400 --> 00:49:30,260
 and the other parties involved.

756
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:31,180
 All right.

757
00:49:31,220 --> 00:49:36,380
 Before we let you go, we've been talking to you, young man, for about 20 years on this show.

758
00:49:37,100 --> 00:49:39,100
 A lot of people don't know this about you.

759
00:49:39,180 --> 00:49:40,440
 You're a big soccer fan.

760
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:50,380
 Tomorrow night, Argentina, Iceland, I was looking at what they have done to reconfigure the field.

761
00:49:51,180 --> 00:49:54,300
 72 yards wide, 115 yards long.

762
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,220
 They've had to take some of the hedges.

763
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:02,640
 Obviously, when you're trying to reformat a field for soccer, you've got to do some work.

764
00:50:03,720 --> 00:50:04,660
 How many tickets?

765
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:08,800
 I heard they sold 75,000 tickets three weeks ago.

766
00:50:10,460 --> 00:50:13,400
 How many tickets have they sold?

767
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:14,880
 What's the atmosphere?

768
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,980
 Are you going to be parking cars in your yard?

769
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:21,200
 Tell us about tomorrow night.

770
00:50:21,940 --> 00:50:22,720
 Oh, my goodness.

771
00:50:22,780 --> 00:50:25,720
 If I had to walk from my house to the stadium, I'm not sure I'd make it.

772
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:31,440
 But I think they're closing in on the sellout, but I don't think it's quite there yet.

773
00:50:31,500 --> 00:50:33,700
 At least I've not seen that announcement or that email yet.

774
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:34,820
 But I think it's close.

775
00:50:35,240 --> 00:50:39,480
 But we'll see if they can get there by tomorrow, kickoff, so to speak.

776
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,560
 But it should be a really entertaining event.

777
00:50:43,820 --> 00:50:45,380
 You know, Messi will be here.

778
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,120
 He did not play Saturday at Texas A&M.

779
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:49,620
 He played Algeria, I believe he was.

780
00:50:50,740 --> 00:51:01,760
 So maybe, you know, with a week to go for Argentina, maybe the world's greatest all-time or certainly one of the top two or three all-time soccer slash football players,

781
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:07,420
 we'll get a chance to get in there for 30 or 45 minutes, and the people there will get to see him in action.

782
00:51:08,100 --> 00:51:09,200
 So that will be fun.

783
00:51:09,260 --> 00:51:14,160
 I'm looking forward to being there and just being a part of the atmosphere and just experience something I've never experienced before.

784
00:51:14,460 --> 00:51:16,520
 So it's going to be a pretty wild day.

785
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:21,480
 I'm not sure on the parking situation how that's going to work out, but I'm just going to go over there like everybody else.

786
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:22,840
 I'm not going to have a press pass or anything.

787
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:24,660
 I've just got to take it and figure it out.

788
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,640
 See, I always thought Bo Jackson was the most famous athlete to ever play on that turf.

789
00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:32,520
 I guess I'm corrected now, right, Brian?

790
00:51:33,820 --> 00:51:35,800
 Yeah, that's a really good point, right?

791
00:51:36,140 --> 00:51:36,160
 Yeah.

792
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:40,500
 That will be a fun list to come up with now.

793
00:51:41,700 --> 00:51:43,000
 Save them from down the road.

794
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:44,280
 That's a good bar joke.

795
00:51:44,380 --> 00:51:44,900
 Brian, that's the man.

796
00:51:44,960 --> 00:51:48,440
 Good luck with the soccer score, and thank you so much for your time today.

797
00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:50,140
 Hey, I appreciate you guys.

798
00:51:50,180 --> 00:51:50,480
 Thank you, buddy.

799
00:51:50,500 --> 00:51:50,940
 Thank you, buddy.

800
00:51:51,300 --> 00:51:53,860
 Brian Matthews, senior editor at auburnsports.com.

801
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,520
 One of the best athletes I ever interviewed, BB, was a soccer player.

802
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 Remember a guy by the name of Kyle Roten, Jr.?

803
00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:00,340
 Oh, yeah, absolutely.

804
00:52:00,340 --> 00:52:09,780
 He came to Huntsville back when ESPN was in his fledgling days, and at that time, UAH and A&M, they had great soccer programs, and of course, ESPN was looking for programming.

805
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:15,180
 He came probably the best conditioned athlete at that time on the face of the earth.

806
00:52:15,180 --> 00:52:16,020
 Kyle Roten, Jr.

807
00:52:16,340 --> 00:52:18,400
 Coming up the next hour, he's pretty good himself.

808
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 Ben Thomas got the entire state of Alabama covered.

809
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953
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 Welcome back in, hour two of the Boomo Bugg Show.

954
01:01:22,180 --> 01:01:23,900
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brad Veer.

955
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:27,000
 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley.

956
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:29,880
 With that, we open the door and say hello to the BT Express.

957
01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:33,580
 Ben Thomas, got it all covered there at AL.com.

958
01:01:33,660 --> 01:01:34,960
 BT, welcome in.

959
01:01:35,020 --> 01:01:36,060
 Happy Monday to you.

960
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:36,600
 How are you?

961
01:01:37,720 --> 01:01:38,320
 Doing good.

962
01:01:38,420 --> 01:01:42,240
 Yeah, I don't know about having it all covered, but we're certainly trying to cover some of it.

963
01:01:42,500 --> 01:01:44,600
 Well, 99.9%.

964
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,080
 That ain't a bad percentage, Ben.

965
01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:52,840
 I tell you what, baseball in the state of Alabama is very, very good.

966
01:01:52,940 --> 01:01:53,680
 Could have been three.

967
01:01:53,820 --> 01:01:54,640
 Auburn came up short.

968
01:01:54,740 --> 01:01:55,900
 We'll talk about that.

969
01:01:56,360 --> 01:02:02,500
 But let's talk about a team not too far from you that has to be the Cinderella story so far.

970
01:02:02,600 --> 01:02:04,280
 The Troy Trojans.

971
01:02:04,840 --> 01:02:12,500
 What was interesting about it, Ben, I saw a blurb where the fans were so enthused that the administrators had to go.

972
01:02:12,580 --> 01:02:15,200
 It was your backyard, the Gulf Shores, the Orange Beach.

973
01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:24,020
 They had to rent some stands, some seats to come up, temporary seating to accommodate the fans who stood in line for hours to get a ticket.

974
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,640
 What a Cinderella story not too far from you.

975
01:02:27,260 --> 01:02:28,280
 Yeah, very cool.

976
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:31,220
 Very cool, Troy, going to the World Series for the first time.

977
01:02:31,900 --> 01:02:36,080
 Just all worked out for them, you know, in the regional, the big upsets that pulled.

978
01:02:36,260 --> 01:02:41,600
 And then to get a home super regional, I mean, you know, they couldn't have imagined that a couple weeks ago, I'm sure.

979
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:47,540
 And then, you know, have a favorable matchup against Little Rock was cool to see.

980
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:51,100
 And I thought, you know, I hated that Auburn didn't win.

981
01:02:51,260 --> 01:02:53,680
 Just to have three teams there would have been amazing.

982
01:02:53,920 --> 01:03:00,480
 But I think you saw the atmosphere at all three locations was as good as any of the atmospheres around.

983
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:04,720
 And I think every series I saw had a – it was really exciting.

984
01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:10,660
 But, you know, I think Auburn and Troy and Alabama can all be proud of the atmospheres they put on at home.

985
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:14,640
 And, you know, we'll see how far Troy and Alabama can go in this thing.

986
01:03:14,700 --> 01:03:18,660
 I think maybe they're on the same side of the bracket if I'm not mistaken.

987
01:03:19,120 --> 01:03:21,300
 So, be pulling for those guys.

988
01:03:21,620 --> 01:03:25,420
 And it just shows you, you know, how good baseball is at the state.

989
01:03:26,260 --> 01:03:27,880
 No question about that.

990
01:03:28,340 --> 01:03:37,340
 Let me ask you, the big thing this year, and we've talked about it a lot, was separating the public and private schools in the playoffs.

991
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:42,920
 And the private school committee, I was reading one of your articles last week.

992
01:03:43,360 --> 01:03:54,640
 I believe they're meeting again with Heath Harmon, the executive director of the Alabama Husky Athletic Association, this afternoon or today or at some point this week.

993
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:59,400
 And they're looking at expanding the private school playoffs.

994
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:02,060
 BT, update us with that.

995
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:04,520
 That was a big surprise.

996
01:04:04,660 --> 01:04:06,320
 We can all see how it goes.

997
01:04:06,820 --> 01:04:09,940
 Are they already looking at trying to expand the playoffs?

998
01:04:10,580 --> 01:04:13,180
 Or what's the gist of today's meeting?

999
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:25,320
 Yeah, well, you know, this was part of Mr. Harmon's plan or, I guess, idea when the whole separation took place in January.

1000
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:30,320
 He said we're going to form a private school committee that we're going to listen to.

1001
01:04:30,580 --> 01:04:33,740
 And so they did that, eight members' committee.

1002
01:04:33,740 --> 01:04:37,220
 So there's a private school member from each of the districts in Alabama.

1003
01:04:37,820 --> 01:04:41,160
 They met one time in May already in person.

1004
01:04:41,940 --> 01:04:47,800
 And I understand that meeting was, you know, from about 10 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon with lunch in the middle.

1005
01:04:47,940 --> 01:04:50,320
 So a long, long discussion there.

1006
01:04:50,460 --> 01:04:55,340
 And I think they're going to, what I've been told is they're supposed to meet again today by Zoom, maybe about 2 o'clock.

1007
01:04:55,800 --> 01:04:57,040
 So not in person.

1008
01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:01,580
 And I'm not sure what all is on the docket, but I know I talked to Shane Sullivan,

1009
01:05:01,580 --> 01:05:05,320
 who's the athletic director at St. Paul's down here in Mobile.

1010
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:07,940
 He is the District 1 representative on the committee.

1011
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:18,200
 And what we talked about is they're interested in really increasing the number of teams and rounds in most of the playoffs for the private schools.

1012
01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:27,620
 And I didn't get too deep into the weeds as far as what, you know, basketball and softball, those type programs, what that would look like.

1013
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:34,320
 But football is interesting because, you know, we know there's two different divisions there in the private schools.

1014
01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:37,680
 The AA division, which only has 16 teams.

1015
01:05:37,940 --> 01:05:44,580
 I mean, there's 17 total, but only 16 of them play football in the smaller private school division.

1016
01:05:44,920 --> 01:05:51,980
 And, you know, I think the private schools in the beginning, their idea was that 12 of the 16 teams make the playoffs.

1017
01:05:52,680 --> 01:06:04,360
 And then you play three rounds of the playoffs, you're off for the semifinals, and then you play the finals, which is, you know, kind of what we have had, that same system for 7A for a couple of years.

1018
01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:06,080
 But they didn't go with that.

1019
01:06:06,200 --> 01:06:12,240
 When the HSA announced it a couple of months ago, they announced that just eight of the teams would get into the playoffs.

1020
01:06:12,500 --> 01:06:19,680
 And the really weird thing about that is, if you look at the playoffs, in that structure, you would have, they would not play the first week of the playoffs.

1021
01:06:20,080 --> 01:06:26,020
 They'd play week two and three, and then they would not play the semifinal week, and then they would play their championship game.

1022
01:06:26,420 --> 01:06:29,040
 So, you know, it's not ideal.

1023
01:06:29,420 --> 01:06:41,460
 You know, what Dirk Sullivan said was, you know, we just want, more so than getting more teams in the playoffs, we just want our kids to experience, have every opportunity to experience the rounds of the playoffs.

1024
01:06:41,460 --> 01:06:43,600
 We're more interested in the rounds of the playoffs.

1025
01:06:43,900 --> 01:06:46,260
 So, we'll see if that happens.

1026
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:48,540
 I mean, it's, you know, I think they're going to talk more about that.

1027
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:53,980
 It would have to go through, I think, two more committees and maybe the central board to get approved.

1028
01:06:54,120 --> 01:07:00,460
 And he's still hoping it gets approved for this first year, this fall, which seems like it'd be a rush at this point.

1029
01:07:00,460 --> 01:07:00,760
 Yes.

1030
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:10,240
 But, you know, another part of that that's interesting is, and they talked about this before the playoff situation was announced, that they would like to have, so in that scenario,

1031
01:07:10,420 --> 01:07:15,420
 there's only two regions, you know, in the larger private school division.

1032
01:07:15,620 --> 01:07:23,620
 So, they would have their top two seeds from each region getting their first round by, and then the other games being played maybe at one site.

1033
01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:28,760
 And they talked about this 17 Springs place in Millport, which apparently is a very nice place.

1034
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:29,540
 I've never been there.

1035
01:07:30,380 --> 01:07:33,460
 And they would talk about getting a sponsor and doing all that stuff.

1036
01:07:33,540 --> 01:07:36,540
 So, if that's going to happen, you know, I haven't talked to Heath Harmon.

1037
01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:39,380
 He'll be at the Alabama Sportswriters Convention next Sunday.

1038
01:07:39,540 --> 01:07:42,560
 So, we will, I'm sure, talk to him about a lot of this stuff.

1039
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:52,260
 But if they're going to do that, especially for football and volleyball and whatever the fall sports are, they're going to have to make a quick move on that and see if it happens.

1040
01:07:52,580 --> 01:07:53,580
 I'm not against it.

1041
01:07:53,660 --> 01:07:54,740
 I don't see what it could hurt.

1042
01:07:54,900 --> 01:08:02,220
 You know, what they've, and when I've talked to Mr., I've talked to Mr. Harmon about this right after they announced what the playoff situation was.

1043
01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:07,640
 And I kind of said to him, you know, I thought the private schools were talking about 12 of the 16 teams.

1044
01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:15,580
 And he said, well, you know, traditionally we've gone by kind of a 50% model in the playoffs, 50% of the teams to get into the playoffs.

1045
01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:18,120
 But we scrapped that already for six minutes.

1046
01:08:18,340 --> 01:08:23,280
 You know, we already know that 24 of those 32 teams are going to get into the playoffs this year.

1047
01:08:23,420 --> 01:08:26,020
 So, I don't think we can stand on that.

1048
01:08:26,280 --> 01:08:27,520
 I don't see anything wrong with it.

1049
01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:28,800
 Private schools want to do that.

1050
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:33,700
 It does seem to me that having two rounds of the playoffs off is a little awkward.

1051
01:08:34,700 --> 01:08:36,300
 Ben Thomas, AL.com.

1052
01:08:36,340 --> 01:08:41,100
 Ben, I'm just listening to some of the folks earlier, and then obviously we all love high school sports here.

1053
01:08:41,180 --> 01:08:46,520
 And we know back in the day, if you were a four or five star, you drove the bus as far as the next level.

1054
01:08:46,620 --> 01:08:47,380
 Very coveted.

1055
01:08:47,740 --> 01:08:54,140
 But with all the NIL and all the money, we talked with some of the folks earlier, and it seems to be the consensus is a lot of these coaches,

1056
01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:58,100
 they don't want to put down big money and have a kid sit on the bench for a year.

1057
01:08:58,100 --> 01:09:00,180
 They'd rather go to the portal, put that money there.

1058
01:09:00,260 --> 01:09:01,020
 It's more of a guarantee.

1059
01:09:01,580 --> 01:09:06,120
 The point I'm trying to make, how is high school sports going to be affected as far as kids?

1060
01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:13,320
 In the old model, if you were a star athlete, you're almost guaranteed to go into an Alabama, Auburn, some other school, Ole Miss, et cetera, Tennessee.

1061
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:15,320
 But now, maybe not.

1062
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:18,860
 Maybe they're going to sit here and say, yeah, you're pretty good, but you're too expensive.

1063
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:21,940
 We're going to put that on a more reliable income, if you will.

1064
01:09:22,180 --> 01:09:28,800
 And could one of the beneficiaries of that be a school like UNA, which says, okay, come here, we'll give you a chance to play now?

1065
01:09:30,020 --> 01:09:31,420
 Well, 100%.

1066
01:09:31,420 --> 01:09:35,200
 I mean, in the last, let's say, decade, it's changed considerably.

1067
01:09:35,460 --> 01:09:44,460
 I mean, I talk to high school coaches all the time about their frustrations of trying to get some of these good players noted, you know, if they're not a four- or five-star guy.

1068
01:09:44,580 --> 01:09:53,600
 Another thing is, you know, we've almost cut out the kids who might be on kind of the bubble going into their senior year and then have a great senior year.

1069
01:09:54,140 --> 01:09:57,380
 I mean, most of the big-time colleges are already full by that point.

1070
01:09:57,400 --> 01:09:57,720
 That's right.

1071
01:09:57,800 --> 01:09:59,020
 With their classes.

1072
01:09:59,480 --> 01:10:08,740
 So it does, it should benefit programs like UNA, like Jacksonville State, Stanford, those type programs, even South Alabama.

1073
01:10:08,740 --> 01:10:16,420
 But I think we have more kids even going to junior college and Division III or whatever and trying to work their way back up.

1074
01:10:16,820 --> 01:10:24,160
 So, you know, the good news is, the bad news is a lot of the players who would have normally been in SEC-type signing classes,

1075
01:10:24,300 --> 01:10:28,580
 some of those players are not out of high school getting to those signing classes.

1076
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:34,420
 But the good news is if you go somewhere and prove yourself, then you can probably use it as a stepping stone

1077
01:10:34,420 --> 01:10:36,620
 and eventually get paid to go to one of those schools.

1078
01:10:36,620 --> 01:10:41,340
 But it's a tremendous difference just in the last five, six years.

1079
01:10:41,640 --> 01:10:45,660
 B.T., I enjoy your poll questions that come out on Thursday.

1080
01:10:46,740 --> 01:10:52,980
 And the one last week was, what's the biggest issue facing high school sports today?

1081
01:10:53,740 --> 01:10:55,120
 Overall sportsmanship.

1082
01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:57,720
 Number two, non-compliant transfers.

1083
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:01,380
 Number three, dealing with the possibility of NIL.

1084
01:11:01,820 --> 01:11:05,500
 And that's going to rear its ugly head in this state sooner or later.

1085
01:11:06,020 --> 01:11:08,400
 Public-private school restructuring.

1086
01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:13,680
 And the one you had before this I thought was interesting, which dovetails into this.

1087
01:11:13,680 --> 01:11:23,880
 What should happen if a high school coach is found enticing players from other schools to transfer to his school?

1088
01:11:24,440 --> 01:11:33,200
 And the response was, 73%, the coach should be suspended, those players ruled ineligible at that school,

1089
01:11:33,700 --> 01:11:36,140
 and the team banned from postseason play.

1090
01:11:36,700 --> 01:11:46,400
 And then the second response was, 27%, the coach should be suspended, but don't penalize his team or the players.

1091
01:11:46,860 --> 01:11:51,600
 Two very good poll questions, B.T., that makes you think a little bit.

1092
01:11:52,600 --> 01:12:00,500
 Yeah, I mean, and obviously that last one you talked about, Brad, is, you know, that's the penalty, 72% of them said.

1093
01:12:00,580 --> 01:12:05,520
 That's what the HSAA had basically sanctioned, Pell City and Mary G. Montgomery.

1094
01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:08,840
 I mean, you know, the coaches are suspended for a year.

1095
01:12:09,540 --> 01:12:14,160
 You know, players that are included, they are ineligible at that school.

1096
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 And, you know, they've also, it's a playoff ban.

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 Now, I still think, you know, we'll hear some more about that.

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 I think the next board meeting, July 29th, that's going to be big because that's when I think both those programs will address the central board,

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 maybe talk about what they've done moving forward, maybe have some of those penalties alleviated.

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 And, you know, I keep hearing, and I'm sure you guys do too, but maybe there's some other programs under the watchful eye of the HSAA.

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 So we may not be done with that.

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 But I do think it's just interesting, though, of course, I think this week coming up on Thursday is about this playoff scenario

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 I just talked about, about whether private schools should have more teams in the playoffs or not.

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 So it's fun.

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 We try and get questions that people are interested in and don't get too deep in the weeds where, you know,

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 Another fun question, I think, Ben, would be talking about Phillip Rivers.

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 Chances are he's going to be coaching, not obviously this coming season, but next season.

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 Or will he be coaching in the NFL?

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 Who has that kind of question posed at him?

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 Who can make a decision between possibly coaching at the high school level and maybe at the NFL level?

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 Yeah, you know, I'm hoping, I'm trying to get a hold of Phillip.

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 We're honoring him this weekend at the Alabama Sports Writers Association Convention.

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 And I'm trying to get a hold of him and ask about it.

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 I mean, I think that's a very valid point.

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 You know, his son, Gunnar, will be a senior this year.

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 He's already committed to NC State, Phillip's alma mater.

1121
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 His middle son, there's three boys.

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 There's ten children overall, but only three of them are boys.

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 And the middle son is, I think, in ninth grade, going into ninth grade, and he's a quarterback as well.

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 So, like I said, but I think I said it before, Phillip, this is not him talking.

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 Although he has told me that, you know, his return to the NFL, I think he did see that, you know what,

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 I do think he had that impression.

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 I don't know, you know, obviously it's not about money for him.

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 I think he'll have some opportunities down the road if that's what he wants to do.

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 I think it's good for high school athletics in the state.

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 By the way, you mentioned this last week at the Alabama Sportswriters Association meeting, Mr. Baseball and Ms. Softball will be mentioned.

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 And I'm going to guess that there are going to be some nominees from North Alabama.

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 We'll be talking with you about that down the road.

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 And what else?

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 That's a lot.

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 You've still got a lot going on.

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 What else?

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 What else have you got on the docket this week?

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 We're going to see a lot of 7-on-7 stuff.

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 So a big gift for John Summerall coming into the state.

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 Yeah, so the all-state softball team, the Alabama Sportswriters Association, will be out Thursday.

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 All-state baseball team out on Friday, on Saturday, excuse me, Saturday, on AL.com and on outlets across the state.

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 And then, like you said, Brett, we'll have our convention on Sunday where we name Mr. Baseball and Ms. Softball.

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 And we honor the Jimmy Smothers Courage Award winner, who's a young woman from North Alabama.

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 So a lot of good stuff coming up.

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 And also, we're doing, this week, Thomas and I are starting our People's Choice Awards, AL.com fan voting for, we've got eight baseball players, eight softball players to vote off to see who people's choice is for the player of the year.

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 So that's going to start on Wednesday.

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 Ben, you can never do NASCAR.

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 Enjoy.

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 Thank you so much for your time today, Ben.

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 All right.

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 Thank you, buddy.

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 I think I saw that the other day.

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 There were four or five.

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 Well, wait a minute.

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 And there are no more than four.

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 And my reaction when I heard about this, it's absolutely ridiculous.

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 It shows that you can go to local courts, and not every time, but depending on the strength of your legal team,

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 and maybe money backing, you can get whatever ruling you want.

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 And to think that that kind of nonsensical ruling that is being applied in everyday life to people with higher stakes with their well-being

1327
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 is just incredible and mind-blowing that that's applied.

1328
01:25:11,420 --> 01:25:16,120
 There is nothing worse than the ethics of the game.

1329
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 If you know that people are betting on your sport, and people can't have faith in your sport that it's legit,

1330
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 you'll lose your sport.

1331
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 So that's why so many people couldn't recognize the severity of Pete Rose.

1332
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 And people are like, well, put Pete Rose back in now.

1333
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 It's different, but what it applies is that being a criminal isn't as bad as betting on your sport and on your team.

1334
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 And that was the big thing that he admitted to in those court documents.

1335
01:25:55,860 --> 01:26:00,180
 So it just calls in the question, how many more people are doing it?

1336
01:26:00,300 --> 01:26:01,420
 It's okay to do it.

1337
01:26:01,500 --> 01:26:03,600
 It incentivizes doing it.

1338
01:26:04,240 --> 01:26:05,520
 There's no repercussions.

1339
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 You just have your legal team do it.

1340
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:16,780
 And just the disingenuous nonsense in the attorney's statement, in Cody Campbell's statement,

1341
01:26:17,300 --> 01:26:22,400
 just all these things that are just absolutely ridiculous and self-serving.

1342
01:26:22,880 --> 01:26:26,120
 It's awful for college athletics.

1343
01:26:26,700 --> 01:26:33,900
 So the only positive could be is if this angers so many people and it becomes so bad

1344
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 that it can lead to somehow blowing up the system or somebody fixing everything else in the sport.

1345
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 That would be the only silver lining down the road.

1346
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 But right now, it's just horrible and ridiculous.

1347
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 Well, the question is, does the judge have season tickets to Texas Tech?

1348
01:26:50,180 --> 01:26:52,360
 Is he buzzed with Campbell, who writes big checks?

1349
01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:56,440
 And to me, it's even worse than Pete Rose in some ways because Pete Rose is one of nine.

1350
01:26:56,560 --> 01:27:01,480
 A quarterback, of all the sports out there in positions, a quarterback can determine the outcome of a game.

1351
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 All he's got to do is throw some interceptions from the ball.

1352
01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:08,220
 I'm not deluding what Pete Rose did, but Pete Rose was one of nine.

1353
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 A quarterback is like a pitcher.

1354
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 They have more impact than a guy in the field.

1355
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 Well, and H-man, the argument is, well, you know, he had, this is a sickness.

1356
01:27:21,060 --> 01:27:21,840
 He had an addiction.

1357
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 Well, guess what?

1358
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 Well, guess what?

1359
01:27:24,180 --> 01:27:28,220
 If you don't, if you don't make, if you don't bet on your sports, you don't get an addiction.

1360
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 One.

1361
01:27:29,240 --> 01:27:35,760
 Two, if it is a medical, even if you want to go that route and say, all right, medically, he has an addiction.

1362
01:27:36,220 --> 01:27:48,280
 Well, if you have any other illness, sickness, disability, anything else, you're not, you're not, you're not, it's not your right.

1363
01:27:48,780 --> 01:27:49,800
 It doesn't justify, too.

1364
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:49,900
 It doesn't justify, too.

1365
01:27:50,940 --> 01:27:51,340
 Absolutely.

1366
01:27:51,740 --> 01:27:52,700
 You don't get a free pass.

1367
01:27:52,740 --> 01:27:56,500
 You don't have to change the rules, break the rules for you.

1368
01:27:56,560 --> 01:27:59,640
 It's just unfortunate that you don't get to do that.

1369
01:27:59,740 --> 01:28:04,720
 So, the fact that they're ruling that he has a right that he would be damaged, it's his fault.

1370
01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:06,320
 He's admitted to it.

1371
01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:14,060
 He doesn't get damage if he doesn't bet on his team and place all his bets to get himself in this situation.

1372
01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:17,340
 So, the lack of accountability is just amazing.

1373
01:28:17,620 --> 01:28:21,020
 And hopefully, there's some sort of way to override this.

1374
01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:22,600
 I don't know the legal repercussions.

1375
01:28:22,960 --> 01:28:30,540
 We're going to talk to our legal analyst that's a law professor in New York sometime this week and see if he can help us with it.

1376
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:33,180
 But right now, it's just horrible.

1377
01:28:33,780 --> 01:28:36,000
 Bud, let me ask you before we let you go.

1378
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 Four SEC teams now have punched their ticket to go to Omaha.

1379
01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:45,940
 Alabama dead about an hour ago, ending a 27-year drought.

1380
01:28:46,440 --> 01:28:52,780
 Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Alabama, Oklahoma's leading 12-1.

1381
01:28:53,040 --> 01:28:56,060
 And I think they're about to punch it in the seventh inning.

1382
01:28:56,840 --> 01:29:00,420
 You saw these teams come into Knoxville week after week.

1383
01:29:00,860 --> 01:29:04,760
 Your thoughts, B, on quite a year for SEC baseball.

1384
01:29:05,740 --> 01:29:09,100
 Yeah, it's the dominance of the league.

1385
01:29:09,100 --> 01:29:13,800
 It's the depth of the league, even though it's not all the same brand.

1386
01:29:14,700 --> 01:29:16,620
 You know, Georgia has not been a regular.

1387
01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:20,420
 They've had their disappointments in the Super Regionals, in the NCAA tournament.

1388
01:29:20,900 --> 01:29:22,700
 Oklahoma is a newbie.

1389
01:29:23,220 --> 01:29:30,800
 Texas is, yeah, they have more history than anyone, but not necessarily representing the SEC.

1390
01:29:31,100 --> 01:29:32,500
 That's still a new thing.

1391
01:29:33,080 --> 01:29:39,300
 And then, you know, obviously, Ole Miss, Alabama is new, going back to 99.

1392
01:29:39,300 --> 01:29:52,220
 So, the newness of it shows the depth of the league when you can have some of the regular powers not be a factor and have so many other teams ready for the moment in getting to Omaha.

1393
01:29:52,580 --> 01:29:53,880
 So, it's incredible.

1394
01:29:54,440 --> 01:29:57,600
 Unfortunate that there are four of them on one side of the bracket.

1395
01:29:57,840 --> 01:29:58,180
 Yes.

1396
01:29:58,260 --> 01:30:00,140
 So, they're going to clip each other.

1397
01:30:00,760 --> 01:30:06,540
 And we'll see, you know, how far maybe the Final Four could end up being out of the SEC.

1398
01:30:06,940 --> 01:30:07,360
 We'll see.

1399
01:30:07,540 --> 01:30:10,860
 But it just speaks to the depth.

1400
01:30:10,940 --> 01:30:13,240
 I'm surprised by a lot of things we've seen.

1401
01:30:13,240 --> 01:30:19,320
 But it's amazing to see some of these teams and individual players rise up to the pressure moments that they've had.

1402
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 V, if Mississippi State plays any team in the country besides Georgia, they're in the World Series.

1403
01:30:26,580 --> 01:30:31,060
 They score 12 and 9 runs and lose both games.

1404
01:30:31,720 --> 01:30:34,620
 Which is absolutely amazing.

1405
01:30:35,380 --> 01:30:38,460
 But where can we get online and get all your great stuff?

1406
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:40,020
 You're right.

1407
01:30:40,020 --> 01:30:46,140
 I think Mississippi State and Auburn in a super regional would both beat North Carolina.

1408
01:30:46,660 --> 01:30:47,340
 I agree.

1409
01:30:47,740 --> 01:30:48,280
 I agree.

1410
01:30:48,600 --> 01:30:50,180
 And that would make it seven.

1411
01:30:50,480 --> 01:30:54,420
 Now, I don't know about West Virginia because they're playing on a crazy level right now.

1412
01:30:54,860 --> 01:30:56,320
 But those other two, they would have beaten.

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 Look that up on YouTube for a lot of the TV work I do here locally.

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 V-Man, as always, good to hook up with you.

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 Listen, man, kick back, enjoy yourself, and thank you so much for your time today, my friend.

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 Yeah.

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 The best thing is I'll get to go into Daphne here in one second, my mini golden doodle, and she'll solve all these problems for me.

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1532
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 Welcome back in.

1533
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 You know, Brett, it's not very often that we get a chance to talk to the president.

1534
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 Would you agree?

1535
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 Right about that.

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 Jeff Hodges, he is the president.

1537
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1538
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 Jeff, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, gentlemen.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, Jeff.

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 Man, a long time.

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 How's life been since the last time we talked?

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 It's actually been good, fellas.

1546
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1547
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 Well, the thing is, we should, because we obviously want to talk about the latest big names heading into the fame,

1548
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 but the people realize how rich the athletic history is for folks coming out of Limestone County.

1549
01:38:05,340 --> 01:38:11,820
 Reed Blankenship out of West Limestone, pretty good career with the Philadelphia Eagles and Houston, Texas.

1550
01:38:12,100 --> 01:38:16,060
 Michael Bowley got a Super Bowl ring with the Atlanta, or I'm sorry, with the New York Giants.

1551
01:38:16,140 --> 01:38:19,400
 He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons early on.

1552
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:23,540
 And the NFL, I think his name is Phillip Rivers, pretty good quarterback at Athens.

1553
01:38:23,680 --> 01:38:29,000
 I have no idea what happened to him in the NFL, but proportioned to the population,

1554
01:38:29,140 --> 01:38:35,120
 the people realize not only athletes, but how many quality athletes have come out of Limestone County over the years.

1555
01:38:37,040 --> 01:38:37,440
 Absolutely.

1556
01:38:37,800 --> 01:38:42,260
 That's right, considering we're the smallest landmass county in the state, right?

1557
01:38:42,300 --> 01:38:45,740
 But we do happen to be the fastest-growing county in the state.

1558
01:38:45,820 --> 01:38:47,840
 And, hey, you know, I'm a little bit biased, too,

1559
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:51,480
 but, you know, we've got a PGA Tour winner from Limestone County.

1560
01:38:51,680 --> 01:38:52,000
 Yes.

1561
01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:57,100
 Talk to us about that, because people don't realize that we are always talking about Stuart Sink,

1562
01:38:57,520 --> 01:38:59,440
 born in Huntsville, raised in Florence.

1563
01:38:59,700 --> 01:39:02,280
 Do people realize how good the golfing is in our neck of the woods?

1564
01:39:02,900 --> 01:39:03,540
 Well, it is.

1565
01:39:03,620 --> 01:39:05,300
 You know, the Hodges kid's not bad.

1566
01:39:05,400 --> 01:39:09,020
 It's his fifth-year on tour, and he won the 3M Open a couple years ago.

1567
01:39:09,240 --> 01:39:17,460
 He's played in at least one of the – played in every major at least one time, some multiple times, so he's not bad either.

1568
01:39:18,240 --> 01:39:27,260
 Let me ask you about your golf tournament before we get into the inductees and actually purchasing tickets for the induction ceremony.

1569
01:39:27,600 --> 01:39:31,020
 You've got a golf tournament, the Martha Jo Memorial Golf Tournament.

1570
01:39:31,460 --> 01:39:33,440
 I know Morgan County does this, too.

1571
01:39:33,560 --> 01:39:40,760
 Joe Bailey is a friend of ours who runs Morgan County, and they raise money, I believe, for the Boys and Girls Club.

1572
01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:47,640
 The golf tournament, I believe, raises college scholarships for your local high-school students.

1573
01:39:47,760 --> 01:39:48,480
 We were joking.

1574
01:39:48,700 --> 01:39:52,640
 You told me that you're full a little bit later this week.

1575
01:39:52,740 --> 01:39:55,780
 Hopefully, God willing, it's going to stop raining one day.

1576
01:39:56,180 --> 01:39:59,180
 Tell us a little bit more about your golf tournament, where the money goes.

1577
01:40:00,060 --> 01:40:00,480
 Yes, sir.

1578
01:40:00,480 --> 01:40:02,280
 Well, let me say this.

1579
01:40:02,420 --> 01:40:10,700
 The golf tournament's named after a lady named Martha Jo Leonard, who was a founding member of the Sports Hall of Fame board back 20-plus years ago.

1580
01:40:10,960 --> 01:40:21,640
 She passed away suddenly back in 2018, unexpectedly, and she was such a stalwart of our group that we named the tournament after her.

1581
01:40:21,860 --> 01:40:36,040
 But, yes, Brent, we give away this year, we're giving away four, excuse me, six $4,000 scholarships to student athletes in Athens and Limestone County.

1582
01:40:36,680 --> 01:40:48,320
 We upped that this year from five to six, and since our inception, we are well over $150,000 in scholarship funds that we've given them.

1583
01:40:49,040 --> 01:40:52,560
 And this golf tournament is our primary fundraiser for that.

1584
01:40:54,160 --> 01:41:03,740
 So, Jeff, obviously, I've got to add another name to that, the fellow by the name of Gary Reedus played at a place called Tanner High, had a pretty doggone good major league baseball career, so I want to add Gary to that list.

1585
01:41:04,160 --> 01:41:11,000
 Let's talk about who's going to be added to the current list, Jeff, as far as the new names on their way to the Limestone County Hall of Fame.

1586
01:41:11,900 --> 01:41:12,800
 Sure, Harold, we'll do.

1587
01:41:13,120 --> 01:41:15,540
 Gary Reedus is actually on our board now, by the way.

1588
01:41:16,120 --> 01:41:17,000
 Gary, I said that a lot.

1589
01:41:17,040 --> 01:41:18,180
 Has he still got his car collection?

1590
01:41:19,460 --> 01:41:20,120
 Do what now?

1591
01:41:20,220 --> 01:41:20,680
 I don't know.

1592
01:41:20,680 --> 01:41:25,040
 Does he still have – he had – when I did stuff back in the day with Gary, he had a classic car collection.

1593
01:41:25,580 --> 01:41:26,580
 And this is a true story.

1594
01:41:26,640 --> 01:41:28,860
 One day, he had – I forgot what model it was, Jeff.

1595
01:41:28,860 --> 01:41:30,440
 He had like a 50-something model.

1596
01:41:30,500 --> 01:41:31,980
 He said, let's get in the car and go fishing.

1597
01:41:32,060 --> 01:41:32,600
 I said, what?

1598
01:41:33,060 --> 01:41:34,460
 So, we went – we got in his car.

1599
01:41:34,520 --> 01:41:42,260
 He took the cane poles, put them out the back rear window like we do down south, and over the bridge that went from Decatur to Athens, we stopped and had a fishing fest there.

1600
01:41:42,360 --> 01:41:44,440
 So, ask Gary about his car collection, okay?

1601
01:41:44,440 --> 01:41:51,520
 I didn't know Gary other than to know who he was, obviously, from his baseball fame until we got on our board.

1602
01:41:51,760 --> 01:41:53,500
 But what a gem of a fellow.

1603
01:41:53,760 --> 01:41:53,940
 Yes.

1604
01:41:54,080 --> 01:41:58,100
 He's just, you know, the most humble, easy-going guy.

1605
01:41:58,860 --> 01:42:02,800
 We talk about his – you know, his son's now the ladies' basketball coach at Rutgers.

1606
01:42:03,580 --> 01:42:03,720
 Yeah.

1607
01:42:04,820 --> 01:42:08,060
 Anyway, you asked me a question, and I built you a clock.

1608
01:42:08,200 --> 01:42:14,100
 But anyway, this year's inductees, we've got a guy by the name of Neil Cheatham.

1609
01:42:15,460 --> 01:42:18,060
 Y'all may know Neil from his days in journalism.

1610
01:42:18,820 --> 01:42:28,320
 He was the sports editor for the Addicts News Cougar for over 25 years and covered all the sports – you know, small newspapers.

1611
01:42:28,540 --> 01:42:29,280
 So, he was the guy.

1612
01:42:29,380 --> 01:42:30,460
 He covered all the sports.

1613
01:42:30,460 --> 01:42:30,660
 Yeah.

1614
01:42:31,280 --> 01:42:32,120
 Good for him.

1615
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:41,040
 And so, we're putting Neil in for his commitment and years of service in sports journalism in Limestone County.

1616
01:42:41,920 --> 01:42:48,900
 Channa Campbell-Clay, basketball player from over at West Limestone High School.

1617
01:42:49,700 --> 01:42:53,920
 Great player, played there, all-time leading scorer at that school.

1618
01:42:54,180 --> 01:42:57,320
 Broke her sister's record, by the way, who's already in the whole thing.

1619
01:42:58,200 --> 01:43:01,180
 And then she went on and played four years at Mississippi State.

1620
01:43:02,640 --> 01:43:09,180
 Patrick Johnson, Patrick started his career over at West Limestone High School and then transferred to Athens High.

1621
01:43:09,280 --> 01:43:19,440
 He was a field goal kicker, special teams player, earned All-State at Athens and then went on and played at Vanderbilt for four years.

1622
01:43:20,340 --> 01:43:25,260
 And Leon Lockett, Leon was an all-around player over at Elfmont.

1623
01:43:25,340 --> 01:43:35,620
 He actually came to fame early on as a Little League baseball pitcher, but then went on and played on the same basketball team with Terry Williams over at Elfmont.

1624
01:43:35,800 --> 01:43:41,560
 Actually averaged 28 points a game, which was more than Terry averaged 13 rebounds a game there at Elfmont.

1625
01:43:42,220 --> 01:43:45,180
 And then went on and played at Wallace State from there.

1626
01:43:45,760 --> 01:43:54,380
 And then Andrew Medley, speaking of golf, Andrew was a standout golfer, All-State golfer at Athens High School,

1627
01:43:54,520 --> 01:44:02,040
 won the individual 5A state championship his senior year, played four years at Auburn, had some success there,

1628
01:44:02,040 --> 01:44:13,200
 turned pro, won three times on the Hooters Tour, then had an injury and became a caddy,

1629
01:44:13,840 --> 01:44:20,280
 caddied for one of his college teammates for a little while, then caddied for Jimmy Walker, who won a PGA championship.

1630
01:44:20,500 --> 01:44:22,580
 And now he's actually on my son's bag.

1631
01:44:23,140 --> 01:44:25,120
 They're up in Canada playing right now.

1632
01:44:25,620 --> 01:44:28,340
 And he's been on the police bag for about three years now.

1633
01:44:29,300 --> 01:44:32,220
 And then finally, the last one is Roshanda Shepard.

1634
01:44:32,860 --> 01:44:42,320
 She was a multi-sport star at Athens in track and field and tennis, and then went on to play at both,

1635
01:44:42,400 --> 01:44:50,260
 and did both of those at Alabama A&M, and had a lot of success in track and field and in tennis at Alabama A&M.

1636
01:44:50,660 --> 01:44:52,240
 Jeff, you've got a great website.

1637
01:44:52,500 --> 01:44:55,700
 I've looked at it two or three times leading up to our interview.

1638
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:58,720
 You've got certainly the members there.

1639
01:44:58,880 --> 01:45:03,380
 How you can nominate someone, and we'll get into that a little bit more in a minute.

1640
01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:10,220
 But I was impressed with the, it's just a wide variety of sports, of people.

1641
01:45:11,480 --> 01:45:17,880
 Now, if anyone listening to our conversation would like to attend the induction banquet,

1642
01:45:18,100 --> 01:45:21,640
 tell us about tickets, the time, the place, the venue, et cetera.

1643
01:45:23,100 --> 01:45:23,760
 Yes, sir.

1644
01:45:23,960 --> 01:45:32,420
 Our banquet is Saturday night at the Veterans Museum slash Event Center off of Elm Street in Limestone County.

1645
01:45:32,500 --> 01:45:34,540
 Most people know where that is.

1646
01:45:35,480 --> 01:45:39,460
 Tickets can be purchased through the United Way of Athens in Limestone County.

1647
01:45:39,460 --> 01:45:44,780
 They're very gracious as to handle our ticket sales and the logistics for us on the banquet.

1648
01:45:45,040 --> 01:45:49,440
 That number is 256-233-2323.

1649
01:45:49,940 --> 01:45:55,540
 It's $40 per ticket, and I would welcome anybody to come.

1650
01:45:55,800 --> 01:46:02,440
 I tell people, most of the people, I can't tell you how many people every year that have never been to our event

1651
01:46:02,440 --> 01:46:07,200
 come because they know somebody that's getting in, or, you know, and they tell us,

1652
01:46:07,200 --> 01:46:11,440
 this is one of the best, inevitably, I will have multiple people tell me every year,

1653
01:46:11,780 --> 01:46:15,000
 this is one of the best events in Limestone County that I've ever been to.

1654
01:46:15,820 --> 01:46:19,980
 And what we go out of our way, our board does, to try to put on a first-class event,

1655
01:46:20,620 --> 01:46:21,900
 and we really think we do.

1656
01:46:21,960 --> 01:46:24,240
 It starts at 6 o'clock with a nice meal.

1657
01:46:25,340 --> 01:46:27,360
 There's nothing more valuable than a kind word.

1658
01:46:27,480 --> 01:46:32,400
 Before you jump off, Jeff, brag a little bit about your favorite golfer on the tour.

1659
01:46:34,520 --> 01:46:37,100
 Well, I'm not going to talk that much about Scotty Shep.

1660
01:46:41,000 --> 01:46:42,580
 Forget their rankings.

1661
01:46:42,700 --> 01:46:44,080
 We're going by your rankings, Jeff.

1662
01:46:45,100 --> 01:46:47,940
 My rankings, my son, will always be number one.

1663
01:46:48,880 --> 01:46:49,940
 He's played okay.

1664
01:46:50,260 --> 01:46:51,540
 He hasn't had a great year.

1665
01:46:51,600 --> 01:46:58,820
 He was injured a lot last year and ended up being able, obviously, to keep his card and play for his fifth year.

1666
01:46:58,900 --> 01:47:05,560
 And as you all know, in professional sports, that's a big deal, getting that pitch from a benefit and financial perspective.

1667
01:47:05,880 --> 01:47:09,280
 But he's out there grinding, and there's a lot of golf left.

1668
01:47:09,480 --> 01:47:12,580
 So, hopefully, he will finish strong this year.

1669
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:13,660
 We're looking forward to that.

1670
01:47:14,440 --> 01:47:19,660
 Listen, before we let you go, tell us if you're listening to this and would like to nominate.

1671
01:47:19,880 --> 01:47:27,600
 You may be driving down the road, you just heard some names and say, well, I played with so-and-so 30 years ago, and he might be worthy.

1672
01:47:28,220 --> 01:47:33,020
 Tell us how the criteria for nomination, how you can do that.

1673
01:47:33,080 --> 01:47:38,620
 And, again, tell us your website address and also the phone numbers for his tickets.

1674
01:47:40,120 --> 01:47:44,920
 The phone number for tickets is 256-233-2323.

1675
01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:48,360
 That's the United Way of Athens, Limestone County.

1676
01:47:48,460 --> 01:47:53,960
 Just call them there and tell them you would like tickets to the Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet.

1677
01:47:54,560 --> 01:47:57,600
 Our nomination form, Brent, is on our website.

1678
01:47:57,780 --> 01:48:00,540
 Just go to Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame.

1679
01:48:00,680 --> 01:48:05,420
 You can Google that or LCSHOF.com.

1680
01:48:05,500 --> 01:48:07,180
 Let me make sure I get all that in there.

1681
01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:08,720
 Click on nominate.

1682
01:48:08,960 --> 01:48:10,160
 The form pops up.

1683
01:48:10,260 --> 01:48:11,260
 You can complete it.

1684
01:48:13,120 --> 01:48:23,500
 You've got to be a native of Limestone County or attended high school in Limestone County or a resident of Limestone County for a period of time sufficient to be considered a resident.

1685
01:48:23,500 --> 01:48:33,120
 You know, we have people that played at Alabama or played at Auburn who were not from Limestone County but have been here, lived here, or not just those two schools.

1686
01:48:33,220 --> 01:48:37,040
 I just throw those out as one gentleman comes up in my mind particularly about that.

1687
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:40,120
 And then, and it's all on there.

1688
01:48:40,200 --> 01:48:48,280
 35 years or older, you're supposed to be retired out before we nominate you in the category that you're going to be elected.

1689
01:48:48,820 --> 01:48:52,600
 You know, you can be a coach, you can be a player, or you can be a support personnel.

1690
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:56,420
 That's the three categories that we've put people in.

1691
01:48:57,300 --> 01:49:01,260
 And we did make an exception a few years ago.

1692
01:49:02,100 --> 01:49:11,500
 If you're over 65 and still doing what you're doing and you're still good at it, you can be nominated before you retire and be elected.

1693
01:49:11,900 --> 01:49:13,000
 So, go to that.

1694
01:49:13,180 --> 01:49:18,640
 You know, people tell us all the time, inevitably, the night of the banquet, I'll have two or three people come up.

1695
01:49:18,700 --> 01:49:19,980
 We need to get so-and-so in.

1696
01:49:19,980 --> 01:49:20,180
 Right.

1697
01:49:20,540 --> 01:49:21,280
 I agree with you.

1698
01:49:21,500 --> 01:49:23,240
 But we can only get them in if they're nominated.

1699
01:49:23,380 --> 01:49:23,560
 Yep.

1700
01:49:23,560 --> 01:49:23,780
 Right?

1701
01:49:24,320 --> 01:49:24,620
 That's right.

1702
01:49:24,620 --> 01:49:26,120
 So, encourage people.

1703
01:49:26,220 --> 01:49:29,820
 If you know somebody, take the time because it is a great honor.

1704
01:49:29,820 --> 01:49:36,740
 And we do want to get everybody that needs to be in the Hall of Fame in there, but we've got to get them nominated first.

1705
01:49:37,160 --> 01:49:37,720
 Sounds great.

1706
01:49:38,140 --> 01:49:40,780
 Jeff, Brent and I qualify at least on one of those points.

1707
01:49:40,920 --> 01:49:41,580
 We're over 35.

1708
01:49:41,820 --> 01:49:43,080
 In fact, we're way over 35.

1709
01:49:43,300 --> 01:49:45,240
 So, at least we qualify on one point, okay?

1710
01:49:45,900 --> 01:49:46,360
 Me too.

1711
01:49:47,120 --> 01:49:47,520
 Same.

1712
01:49:49,020 --> 01:49:49,980
 Jeff, all the best.

1713
01:49:50,100 --> 01:49:51,740
 Hope the weather cooperates.

1714
01:49:51,840 --> 01:49:52,660
 All the best to you.

1715
01:49:52,700 --> 01:49:54,320
 And thank you so much for your time today.

1716
01:49:54,900 --> 01:49:56,280
 Hey, gentlemen, thank you all very much.

1717
01:49:56,360 --> 01:49:58,460
 We appreciate the recognition and having us on.

1718
01:49:58,460 --> 01:49:59,240
 Thank you, Jim.

1719
01:49:59,280 --> 01:50:00,360
 You've well-earned it.

1720
01:50:00,400 --> 01:50:02,880
 Jeff Hodges, president of Limestone County Sports Hall of Fame.

1721
01:50:02,960 --> 01:50:04,860
 BB Alabama is on their way to Omaha.

1722
01:50:05,480 --> 01:50:06,700
 First time since France.

1723
01:50:06,960 --> 01:50:08,540
 It's going to party like 1999.

1724
01:50:09,160 --> 01:50:14,160
 It looks like they will take on a familiar face in the boomer sooners from Oklahoma.

1725
01:50:14,480 --> 01:50:16,400
 BB, if things go as script for the rest of the day.

1726
01:50:16,540 --> 01:50:21,040
 Yeah, we got the one and only Roger Hoover going to have a couple of his great calls tomorrow.

1727
01:50:21,040 --> 01:50:22,820
 Thanks to James Moody.

1728
01:50:22,920 --> 01:50:26,560
 Harold, before we go, let me mention James Buddy Moore.

1729
01:50:26,560 --> 01:50:32,220
 A 2012 UNA Athletic Hall of Fame inductee passed away recently.

1730
01:50:32,220 --> 01:50:32,940
 Oh, man.

1731
01:50:32,940 --> 01:50:34,680
 At the young age of 93.

1732
01:50:34,680 --> 01:50:38,560
 Played on the UNA football team from 51 to 54.

1733
01:50:39,400 --> 01:50:43,260
 Also coached in 1965 at Deshera High School.

1734
01:50:43,860 --> 01:50:45,880
 78 at Coffey High School.

1735
01:50:46,120 --> 01:50:48,280
 Won two state track and field titles.

1736
01:50:48,980 --> 01:50:52,840
 Our certainly prayers and condolences with the Moore family.

1737
01:50:53,460 --> 01:50:58,340
 James Buddy Moore passing away at the young age of 93 years old.

1738
01:50:58,620 --> 01:50:59,920
 Appreciate you sharing that with us.

1739
01:51:00,180 --> 01:51:02,100
 Obviously, echo those sentiments.

1740
01:51:02,920 --> 01:51:03,960
 It's going to take care of business now.

1741
01:51:04,020 --> 01:51:06,260
 My half of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire career.

1742
01:51:06,440 --> 01:51:08,580
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1743
01:51:08,660 --> 01:51:11,320
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boomhole Buck Show.

1744
01:51:11,440 --> 01:51:13,920
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, the score.